Just a few days after Apple’s first foldable screen flagship iPhone Duo was released, shocking insider news came out in the industry! According to reports, former helmsman Cook was inspired by the HUAWEI and SAMSUNG folding phone craze in the Chinese market, so he made a sudden turn and transferred R&D resources from the iPad to the folding iPhone project!
According to Bloomberg senior reporter Mark Gurman, Apple applied for a patent for folding technology as early as 2016. In the original plan, the first foldable product was supposed to be the iPad, which was intended to test hinge durability and crease control technology with a large-size screen. However, when Tim Cook visited China around 2020, he found that foldable phones are extremely popular in the Asian market, and the visual tension and unique feel when the screen is unfolded are well received by consumers. This prompted Apple to decide to directly halt the original plan, skip the lengthy tablet verification period, and apply all the hinge and flexible screen technologies that have been honed for many years to the body design of the new iPhone Duo.
Facing the fierce offensive from competitors, Apple has significantly accelerated the hardware development of iPhone Duo. In recent years, the folding technology of domestic brands such as HUAWEI has undergone a major upgrade. The hinge opening and closing life has exceeded 200,000 times, the weight of the entire machine has been successfully reduced to less than 200g, and the screen creases are almost indistinguishable to the naked eye. Since HUAWEI and SAMSUNG have dominated the market, Apple has been forced to devote resources to the development of iPhone Duo. It is expected that it will be built with the latest generation A-series processor, and will be deeply optimized for the foldable form at the iOS system level, so that it can equal or even surpass competing products of the same level in terms of battery life, lens combination and hinge durability.
